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Are you a binge-watcher? Subscription services, cable and DVDs make it easy

Breaking Bad

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman and Bryan Cranston as Walter White in 'Breaking Bad,' which will start airing its final season on Aug. 11. Have you binged on this or any other TV show to prepare for the final season? (Photo by Frank Ockenfels/AMC)

Do you binge -- on TV? That is: Do you watch episode after episode of a TV show, hanging out for hours with the gang on "How I Met Your Mother" or spending your weekends with the colleagues of "The Office."

There are many options, from buying the full season on DVD to setting your own DVR to subscribing to various services.

"The Staying in on a Saturday night to 'binge-watch' one of the online streaming service's hundreds of television shows? Don't be ashamed: Netflix has 37 million subscribers worldwide," Eric Webb wrote for the Austin American-Statesman. "Powering through episode after episode of a series in one
sitting is the beauty of paying $8 a month for unlimited entertainment."

Even celebrities, like Cedric the Entertainer, are into it.

"I like to DVR them, and watch kind of all at once," the performer told USA Today. "It's a little more exciting for me to have a little more of a story line, than to just watch it every week."

So, just how many of us have added binge-viewing to our vices? It's not clear.

"What no one yet has a firm grasp on is exactly how many people are
consuming TV this way," Vern Gay wrote for Newsday. "Is it many millions or far fewer who have the
time, energy, passion and, now, technology to do so?"